"--"Neil."

　He grabbed my hand and my body shook with a jolt.
　My limbs, which were softer than the flowing water, stiffened as if they had a hard core.

''Ni, Neil?''
That's your real name.

　When it passed through my ears, the contours returned to my mind, which were now clear and seemed to disappear.
　Even if I had already lost my 'unconsciousness', there was a weight in those words that forced me to listen to the rest of the story.

'The name you forgot after being 'summoned' through Guru-sama's incomplete 'labyrinth'. Once, you were born as Neil to the 'Lorelei family' of the Fania territory.
...... My name is Neil?　I'm pretty sure it was Neil, I think it was ....... But I've abandoned that name. I swore a thousand years ago that I'd live as Fafner Helvirshine, so I'm .......
I know. It's just that that role has already been done, don't you think?　The light of hope that is you shone brightly in hell. ...... That's why I'm going to shed that heavy role and continue the story as Neil Lorelei. So why don't you take off that heavy role and weave the rest of the story from now on as 'Neil Lorelei'?

　It was completely out of my mind to suggest it.
　I didn't expect to be given a name that had faded to the back of my memory, but I didn't expect it to be given here. And it wasn't from Kanami, but from that cleaning girl.

　All I can say is that I had the impression that I was fluent when I was using that name Neil. Inevitably, it feels less impressive and more distant in time. I suppose my thoughts on the matter were clearly on my face, "It's because it's so far away.

'It's because it's so far away. What we lost in the distant past should be regained in a world a thousand years from now. Let's go back to the real you (Neil), not the imposter evil dragon (Fafner).

　My mind was bewildered as the cleaners showed me a new life, and I regained my outline.
　But it wasn't a painful or sad or negative confusion. She nodded broadly and spoke very positively, cheerfully and happily about my future.

'Why don't we aim for it this time?　Not the one that steals the truth of blood, but the one that steals the truth of the soul. I believe that the time has come for us to follow the right path, as per the will of Helmina-sama. We are the first and second disciples of the great scientist Helmina Neisha. We are the continuation of the story of Helmina. Isn't that very wonderful?

　There is no denying it.
　I've fulfilled my quest, and a light has been turned on in the path I've taken up to this point.

　But the past isn't the only thing that can light it up.
　That's what the cleaners tell me, and the people waiting for me at the end of the road are in sync with me.

'I'll be there to help then. That's my responsibility. Like I said at the beginning, I believe that 'those who steal the truth' deserve more rewards. ......

　Kanami also nodded.
　However, her body was still wobbling, as if the burden of the magic 《Dimensional Decisive Operation (Dimension Graduate) "Revive"》 was too great.
　While wiping the sweat dripping from his forehead, he smiles bitterly and talks to the cleaner.

This is my experience, but as long as you're lying about your name, you won't be able to move forward at all. Or, as far as I'm concerned, it's simply not a good idea. ...... No, really.
It's very real, Oyasama.
It's locked up. As far as I'm concerned, calling her Oyasama is not a good idea as far as I'm concerned. ...... It's really not a good idea to do this casually because people will play with you like this.
That's right, Neil.

　They were chatting.
　The cheerful air caught my attention and I smiled too.

'Ha, haha ......'

　The air is light.

　No wonder.
　It's over.

　Former Acting Blood Stealer Fafner Helvillestein was successfully convinced.
　And now, the new "Soul Fiend", Neil Lorelei, is about to join him.

　-- brilliantly, the "Primary Attack Team" of "Blood Land" has overcome the difficult obstacle called me.

　So, this is why Kanami and the cleaners are chatting and laughing with a sense of accomplishment.

　And then they turned their gaze to the exit door of the cleaned and refreshed "Goddess Storage Room".
　It was left open, so they could see the stone stairs beyond it.
　I feel as if the faint sunlight on the ground has reached this point.
　I feel like the smell of blood is slowly disappearing.

Fortunately, Serdra-sama is up there. I'll be able to return his name with a noshi (gift) soon enough.
That's a good idea. Maybe the top is about to be settled, too. ...... I'm sorry to tell you, Glenn, but whoever wins, let's all collect Helmina-san's magic stone and force her back to the confederacy where Snow is.
If you're even thinking about treating Glen Walker's body, you'd better hurry.
Yeah. That's what I'm worried about.

　Kanami staggered and tried to head for the exit of the 'Goddess Storage Room'.
　The exhausted strength and magic power had not been fully recovered, and her back was defenseless.
　It's a back that conveys that you already thought I'm one of ...... no, you thought I was one of you from the beginning.

　Behind that back, the janitor follows.
　Only to find me still stopped in my tracks, turning around and asking anxiously.

'Neil ......?　Perhaps you don't want to go back to earth?

　He came up to me and peeked out from below.
　At close range, I can't say that the cleaners and I are looking at each other - I can't say that we're eye to eye.
　After all, unlike humans, the "blood doll" has only one hollow opening in its head. I can't read any of her expressions from me.

''No, it's not that I don't like ....... It's just that I've been surprised by a lot of things, and I'm having a bit of trouble sorting things out. I think it's a good thing that I'm going to be living in the world in a thousand years from now as Neil. I want to contribute to the world in some small way. I just wonder if that's really, really acceptable. ......
............. "Of course it's allowed. Because now the earth is overflowing with the 'magic stone line' and magic connected by Helmina-sama, and everyone is relieved with the Revan religion by Oyasama, and that hateful dark cloud has been cleared away. --Now, on earth, it is Helmina-sama itself.
The earth is now Helmina herself: ......

　I get what you're trying to say.
　A thousand years ago, Ms. Helmina was the cornerstone of the world.
　So, living in that world is the true way to repay her.

''Yes. It's our role as disciples to live in the world of Ms. Helmina, isn't it?

　The cleaner shook his shoulders at the mention of Helmina's name.
　She stared at the stairs, as if to say that once on the ground, there were many fun things waiting for her. I wonder if she is dreaming of the new world that awaits her beyond.

　I imagine too.
　Every day I'm on earth, working hard to restore the world.
　I'm sure there are many things I can do to help, using my knowledge and experience.
　The janitor and Kanami aren't the only people I know. The old Seldora-san is also in the group, and we're going to make this new era a little bit better by telling jokes that we couldn't do a thousand years ago.
　If there was such a future, I wanted to see it.

　That's right.
　After all is said and done, I might as well be a lord of Fania.
　I've heard that it's a poor area in the middle of nowhere, so it would be more worthwhile to rebuild than it was a thousand years ago. I want to take that like-minded girl named Maria with me and try to reintroduce the 'Altofel religion' that had once disappeared in its proper form. That's my true desire as a theologian, and it could be my redemption for the 'Stealer of Fire's Reason' Arti.

　There are so many things I want to do, I can't stop thinking about it.
　I feel like I can still continue my 'dream'.

　One by one, I never thought it would be so much fun to think about putting the things that were out of alignment back together in the right way.
　And I never thought it would be so wonderful and 'happy' to be able to live that new life.

　As if pulled by that joyful feeling, I look back at the cleaner's face.

　-- "You look happy, and you're smiling.

　Now I can finally understand my friend's words and feelings that I couldn't read a thousand years ago.
　She and I are the only two brother and sister disciples. Our true role should be to spread what we inherited from Helmina-san, together.

'Oh ....... If I can resume the right path now, ......, I want to continue on. I want to weave the rest of Helmina's story together.
...... then let's make a 'deal' with the guru and change the 'untruths' a bit. The mechanics of the deal should be familiar to you if you are a disciple of Lady Hermina. It's the one at the end of the 'reason-stealing' process.

　The cleaners were detailed about the 'stealing of reason' transformation.
　I guess it was the result of watching and learning all the time behind Helmina and me.
　I, too, was on her heels and spoke out with my knowledge.

'The basis of 'the one who steals the reason' transformation is to gain power by making yourself the 'price'. One of them is to establish an 'unchanging' 'curse' in your body by having a strong sense of 'undying'.
'That's it. ...... You can change that 'unfinished business' by petitioning the guru there. Just to be clear, if you don't, it will usually disappear, right?　Mr. Ghost's 'Fiend'.

　The cleaner took her gaze off me and turned it to the door of the room.
　In front of the stairs, 'The One Who Steals the Reason of Dimension' Kanami turned around and waited for us to walk out.

''--Neil-kun. I would like to thank you for showing me around that day at the First Institute of Demonology, now and here.

　Calling me by the name of Neil made me feel like I was a boy again.
　Kanami reached out her hand to me.

　With a gulp, I swallowed all of the saliva that had accumulated in my mouth.
　Because it felt like a halo was shining through.
　I don't know if it's a hallucination or magic, but it looks as if the sun is shining.
　As I stood against the glare of the white rainbow, my legs began to move on their own.

　I knew all along.
　If I asked her to save me, Kanami would do her best to save me.

　And that's not just to save me.
　Dimensional attribute magic specializes in reading the feelings of others.
　With its foul reading ability, it can sympathize with me, reflect me, and truly save me.
　He goes beyond even the wishes that he speaks of and brings out the true wishes that lie deep inside.

　My body trembles.
　Kanami's power is no longer the "Great Savior (Magna Messiah)" but rather the "God" itself.
　I can't stop getting goosebumps all over my body as I hear the voice of God that I've been wanting to hear for so long.

　Then, next to me, blinded by the godliness of the voice, the cleaner whispers, "Neil, please pray anew.

'Neil, wish me a new wish. That from now on, you and I are going to enjoy our days together. That I want to pass on Helmina's knowledge to future generations. She wants to pass on her knowledge to future generations. She wants a better ending. Just a few words from the heart, now--

　It's an invitation.
　The hand extended to Kanami is pushed back.

　If you take his hand, you will be "happy".
　Shake his hand, and a new life begins.

　The first step toward that goal is now starting to happen.
　A moment later, I felt something hit my toe.

'............'

　I was barefoot, and I could tell that what I touched was a book.
　I look down.
　I think I've kicked something I dropped on the floor lightly because I've been looking ahead and neglecting my feet.

'This is my ......,'

　Before I knew it, I had dropped the 'Inscription White Sect's Scripture'.
　Just like a thousand years ago, it was carelessly placed on the ground in the 'Goddess Storage Room'

　--I felt as if it was appealing to me.

　It's just my imagination.
　But it's no wonder I had that illusion.
　For years, this book was packed with the 'price' that is me, and I believed it to be half-body.
　I even made a rule that I couldn't go against the holder of the Scripture.

　Of course, that rule was a lie.
　My fanaticism about the teachings of the Scripture was a pretend (...) and an imitation of Ms. Hermina.
　In short, it was just an assumption.
　There is no penalty for breaking that rule.

　-- but it was certainly my rule.

'My ......, 'Scripture' ......'

　I had a rule in my mind that if I followed the Scripture, I would one day become the "real thing".
　Of course, it's not the rules of the world, it's the so-called me rules or self rules. I'm like a kid who makes a fuss about going to hell if you step on anything other than a shadow ......, but I swore to absolutely abide by the me rules in my own way.
　I've been good at believing and desperately defending things that I just feel like I'm ...... good at since I was a child.

　-- it's so firmly rooted in my soul, so firmly that my body moves on its own.

　I was suddenly curious what the rule of not disobeying the holder of that "scripture" is now, so I picked up the book, including confirmation.
　And then, including Kanami in front of me, I remembered the past masters such as Helmina-san, Nosfi and Hitaki, and at the end of the book--

　It reminds me of that "Lagne Kaikwola" figure.

　It wasn't a big back.
　Compared to the four people I just lined up, the Lord was not noble or clean, but really appropriate, sloppy and sketchy.

　Together with him, I chased the "dream" of human extinction.
　Looking back, it was a foolish thing to do.
　But I feel that it was because I was with him that I was able to do something stupid for the first time.
　Come to think of it, he's the only one who made me, as a knight--


"I command my knight, Fafner. No more holding back...


　He tried to use the master-servant relationship to use me up.
　That guy was the only one who was willing to make me disposable. However, that's why I feel like I was the only one who could do something decent and knightly in front of that guy.

　Just like Kanami, that guy had a 'mirror' quality to him.
　If that's the case, that might have been an aspect of my 'ideal'.
　I'm going to be able to say that the way she talks about it is really easy to remember, probably because her memory is not affected by the summons.

It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you'll be able to get your hands on a new product or service. I think--

　It's ringing in my ears.
　Like Kanami, Ragne, who said all the things that were convenient for me.

　I remember my current master, with the Scripture in my hand.
　And I miss him.
　He was also a precious memory for me, an important page in my life.
　The Lord Ragnarok also taught me a lot of things.

"--It's impossible (・・・・・). Kanami's brother is a stinker. He will definitely betray you on the way.

　I heard that guy's advice.
　No, I didn't hear it: .......
　This is a conjectural 'voice' that I just thought I heard.
　Instead of "I heard the voice of the dead", it's correct to say "that's what I thought".

　I have a 'skill' that triggers the state 'auditory hallucination' and that power was just activated to make my mind feel better.

　You have to suppress .......
　This 'skill' fabricates a convenient voice that I want to hear, as the voice of the dead without permission.
　And I'm changing it to the voice of the dead because it's easier on my mind (・・・・).
　It's a 'skill' that can only be seen as desecrating the souls of the dead, so I'm trying very hard to suppress it, but--


"-- Oh (...), stinking (・・・・)--


　I can't stop.

'Oh, le ......?'

　Something was wrong.
　A chill ran down my back and a question escaped me.
　It was a chill unlike anything I'd ever felt before.

　I don't know if I should call it a 'bug warning' or a 'bad feeling'.
　I'm not sure, but if this is the voice I want to hear, what is it about ...... that is so stinky?
　What am I uncomfortable with and what am I running chills over ......?

''--what do you mean, the whole thing from beginning to end? Mr. Fafner--

　I finally start to hear even the voice that Ragne never said before she was alive.

　I just learned from the cleaners and Kanami earlier that I'm so judgmental that I was wrong about Helmina-san's feelings.

　And yet, that 'skill' doesn't stop.
　I don't listen to the words of others and believe in myself at all times - a vice that I hate, just like that Romis, but for some reason, I can't suppress it now.

　I lifted my gaze from the Scripture in my hand.
　In front of me was the cleaning crew and Kanami.

　No matter how many times I see them, they look happy.
　A face that says they've saved me, the trouble is over, and all that's left is fun.

　But I listen to Lord Lagune's advice (・・・・・・・・) (...) and I carefully observe their expressions.

　Kanami has a soft smile on her face.
　However, on the other hand, she continues to drip unsuitable sweat. The strain from the magic I just saw earlier continues to cause her to float in painful greasy sweat. In addition, he's also out of breath the entire time.
　The cleaners are also smiling.
　However, the only expression allowed to that 'blood puppet' is the shape of the hollow in its head. Right now, the hollow is resembling a half-moon and is chuckling.

　Kanami looks happy.
　The cleaners also look happy.

　No, really ......?
　Is this the face of real fun: ......?

　I can't stop feeling 'bad'.
　If ......, what if.
　If I'm under some kind of malevolent spell right now, .......
　If my perception of the world I'm looking at is off .......

　When I came to that point, I remembered the worst part about myself.
　It's never the 'misalignment' or the 'voice'.


'I'm ...... gullible (・・・・・・・・・). Ever since I was a kid, I've been.


　As I confessed this, the two smiles in front of me froze.
　Tightly, as if frozen.

'............'
............

　In the tense air, the cleaner closed his mouth.
　Kanami remains expressionless, sweating fat, breathless, saying nothing.
　Neither of them looked at me and said anything.

　-- it was too unnatural to remember.

　I take a second step and walk towards Kanami's outstretched hand.
　As if in a mirror match, I extend my hand to her as well.

'Kanami-san, you said that you are a 'mirror' ....... Indeed, I can tell that you reflect us, that you're going through the same thing we are, and that you feel the same things we do.

　Kanami, like Ragne, has the quality of a 'mirror'.
　Its surface skin (mirror) reflects not only the heart of the other person, but also the other person's life and makes it its own.
　When I understood its true meaning, a bit of 'anxiety' was born in my heart.

'-- If everything up to this point (・・・・・・・・) is also about you and Rastiala (・・・・・・・・・・) (・・・・・・・・・), please answer my first question.

　'Insecure' so I grabbed that wrist, not Kanami's saving hand.
　I didn't shake his hand (...), I set it up one way (・・・・).

'Please answer me properly, ......, if 'Rustyala Hoosiers' is really in your body right now.'

　Kanami resolved my 'unanswered' question without answering it.
　So I feel like she intentionally skipped the 'line (page)' and hid the truth from me.

　I just feel like this, too.
　But I'm an idiot for coming to this point just because I feel like it.
　That's why the 'voice' that says it's stinky has been whispering in my ear since a while ago and I can't stop it.
　Even before the fight began, the voice has been saying, "Kanami-san, my Lord, my Lord, my Lord.

'Kanami-san, my Lord is saying ....... 'Stinking. I'm not lying, but I'm definitely hiding something important,' all the way back, laughing .......

　I have no proof of this, but that's what I thought (or heard).
　As I told her that, Kanami, who had been frozen in place for a long time, finally started to move.

'...... lagne?　That's not possible. That guy is dead and the magic stone is blocked. That voice is an 'auditory hallucination'.

　He looked at his own chest area and confirmed something before shaking his head vigorously.
　That's probably where Ragne Kaikwola's magic stone is.

　I know.
　This 'voice' is just the result of me gathering information and analyzing the situation, and letting the virtual personality in my head speak.
　It's always my brain that thinks about the voices of the dead, there is no soul there.

'But (...) I learned it from the Lord Ragne.' --Chapter 15, Verse 1: 'The skin of God is made of mirrors. It only reflects the wishes of men, and therefore has no content.' ....... Thanks to you, I was able to fulfill my 'unfulfilled' But for me, who is only an agent, the 'unfinished business' (such a thing) honestly doesn't matter.

　The Inscription White Teaching is up to chapter 14:10, and no such page exists.
　I even start fabricating the rest of the teachings that I was never taught.

'Ni, Neil ......?'

　The cleaner couldn't keep an eye on me and called my name.
　But now I have more important things to worry about than my real name, so I don't have time to worry about it.

"In my world, the matter of the 'Great Savior (Magna Messiah)' is far more important than that. Even if it turns out I didn't need The Great Messiah (Magna Messiah), there's no way, as a student of ......, history and God, that I'm going to skip that part. It would never happen.

　That is related to Mr. Helmina's long-cherished desire.

　If Helmina-san couldn't see it while she was alive, she would have given up on her 'dream'.
　That's why I felt like it was my role to confirm whether or not that 'dream' had come true.

''--Neil, that's empty ears!　It's all in my head!

　No, I've got a feeling - not.
　If the role of Helmina's Neysha family was to "connect the research to the apostles," then the role of my Helvilleshain family, which is said to have lasted for a thousand years, was to "confirm what was produced by the research".
　As the first head of the family, I have decided that this is what I am going to do now.

　I have to study the Magna Messiah and God.
　If what is hidden behind their smiles is just as I am worried.
　If the word "fun" is a revised and false history.　
　The role of this Fafner Helvillestein is to confirm that.

...bloodmagic (distance mute)

　I built that magic with the help of the 'demons' that flowed within my own body.

　It reminded me a little of "The Tale of Fania" in "Between the Lines".
　While the demons were dying one by one, I thought to myself, "One day God will surely save me. The Great Saviour (Magna Messiah) will come and reward you after death", I kept promising at the time of my death.
　Everyone was swallowed up in the age of the dark clouds and killed inexcusably.
　I have made them all believe that "If you believe in my 'inscription white religion', you will be fine" - and I am responsible for that.

Everyone who has died can't die dead: ......

　If the Great Savior (Magna Messiah) or God in a thousand years' time was a fake, then all of the "demons" who died would not be able to sleep peacefully.
　So I reach out my hand, saying that I can't leave this 'God's Body Storage Room' just yet.

''Kuhu ......!''

　Kanami gave a small snort.
　My 《Distance Mute》 clad arm traced from Kanami's arm to her shoulder and pierced through to her torso at the back of it.

　That was right, the most 'miraculous' blow of the day.

'I, too, want to know the real feelings of the 'real Kanami-san' ......!　I don't want to get it figured out again, and I don't want to make the same mistakes I made a thousand years ago: ......!

　And to the tune of The Miracle, I scream.
　I tell them clearly what I really want to make sure is true.

'If everything up to this point has been a 'mirror'!　I'm sure I know what you're going through right now!　I can understand!　So!
----?

　When I declared that, I felt that the tension disappeared from Kanami's expression.
　Then, she turned her gaze to my back. Looking at the empty space, I showed a somewhat ashamed expression and relaxed my entire body.

　I think I understand a little bit of the reason for the 'miracle'.
　I poked at the gap. But what I exploited was not the gap of non-combat, nor the gap of exhaustion, but the gap of 'compensation' - there is no more time to even hesitate from here on out.

　Finally, in exchange for my defeat, I was able to set up a 《Distance Mute》.

　I immediately entered the realm of the existence of Aikawa Kanami and explored it with my magical senses.
　What lies ahead is vast, complex, and multi-layered. I knew that it contained multiple magical stones, but I couldn't believe that it was the soul of a single person.

　He finds and grabs a book with six letters in it, "Rastiara", and grabs it.
　The page you open is the next to the last chapter.
　The continuation of a story that has accumulated hundreds of verses.

　What kind of days did Aikawa Kanami spend after that 'last battle'?
　How did she feel after mourning the man she loved and her sister at the same time and being entrusted with the rest of the story?
　I begin to read the real writing, which is a new chapter and a post-title. It's--.

"--the gloomy, overcast sky that stretches everywhere.

　Days that are the complete opposite of the pleasant days I've heard from Kanami.

"There are no gaps in the endless chain of clouds, completely shutting out the sun's rays.

　The clouds drifted lazily, murky in stages from pure white to white to gray to dull.
　The world seemed to creak, and an ominous sound of wind rang out as if the world was creaking.

　Under a cloudy sky that looked as if it was about to fall.
　At the eleventh crossroads of the "Confederacy", a "Gentile" with black hair, black eyes and black robes is standing.

　One of the most prominent streets in Huzjaz is full of activity and always full of people passing by.
　However, not a single person pays attention to the "gentile" who looks up to the heavens in the middle of the road.

　His black robe has a special spell on it, and no one can see him in his eyes.
　Even if you bump into someone walking, they will not make contact with you, they will slip through.

　The 'Gentile' had reached the end point of dimensional magic.
　Only, in The Last Battle, he had mourned everything.

　If there was anything left of him now, it was only the 'constriction' of the 'one who steals the reason for the dimension'.
　Still, he has no choice but to walk away.

　Alone, he wanders into another world where his loved ones are gone, tormented by a hallucination.
　Aikawa Uzumi" continues to live the story.